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Countering the Swarm
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025
Game Over?
Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz | August 04, 2025
Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Kate Johnston, Greg Weaver | September 04, 2025
Global Compute and National Security
Janet Egan | July 29, 2025
Defense
Countering the Swarm
After decades of air dominance and a near monopoly on precision strike, the United States now faces a dramatically different, more hostile world as the proliferation of cheap ...
Energy, Economics & Security
Game Over?
The trade wargame suggests that sustained high tariffs could create leverage and urgency to spur action toward a productive restructuring of the international trade system....
Transatlantic Security
Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Executive Summary Numerous factors are working to dissuade Russia from directly challenging NATO, but once Moscow reconstitutes its military, one scenario stands out as a plau...
Technology & National Security
Global Compute and National Security
The current pathway to breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities relies on amassing and leveraging vast “compute”—specialized chips housed within massive data cen...
AMERICA'S EDGE
The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America to harness bold, innovative approaches. The CNAS 2025 national security conference, America’s Edge: Forging the Future, will bring together bipartisan leaders, policymakers, and industry to chart a vision for enhancing America’s global edge.
CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Jun 3, 2025
The First 100 Days
The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration, including competition...
Global Swing States
Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
International politics is undergoing a period of rapid, significant change. China and Russia are working together more closely and alongside Iran and North Korea...
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China Flexes Rare Earth Leverage. What That Could Mean for Trump-Xi Meet.China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expec...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Trump Says He’d Consider Invoking the Insurrection Act. What Does That Mean?President Donald Trump says he'd consider declaring an "insurrection" inside the United States, accusing Democratic governors and mayors of preventing the federal government f...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Texas National Guard Lands in Chicago, Sparking Feuds Between State Leaders, TrumpMembers of the Texas National Guard have touched down in Chicago as part of a federal operation. The troops, now under the direction of President Donald Trump, were sent by Go...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Oct. 7 Anniversary: Israel Battles Optics, Isolation, and Mounting Death Toll as World Pushes Trump Deal
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When Hamas launched the largest terrorist attack in Israel‘s history two years ago, killing 1,200 people, the world was collectively stunned and outraged. Israel had significa...
By Adham Sahloul
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Expert Dr. John Burke Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior FellowWashington, October 6, 2025—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. John Burke as an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Sec...
By Dr. John Burke
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Which Technology Offers the Best Defense Against Drones? Lasers or Mobile Gun Trucks?Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Norway are some of the European countries that have reported -- just this month alone -- drone incursions into their airspace. So far, the...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Missiles Threatening Taiwan
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U.S. Drone Swarm Plan Spiraling into Oblivion
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China Flexes Rare Earth Leverage. What That Could Mean for Trump-Xi Meet.China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expec...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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N. Korea Hardens Nuclear Stance at UN, Hints at Selective Diplomacy
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USSC Briefing Room | The Prognosis for the Quad and Other U.S. Alliances in the Indo-Pacific
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National Security Human Capital Program
Texas National Guard Lands in Chicago, Sparking Feuds Between State Leaders, TrumpMembers of the Texas National Guard have touched down in Chicago as part of a federal operation. The troops, now under the direction of President Donald Trump, were sent by Go...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump Says He’d Consider Invoking the Insurrection Act. What Does That Mean?By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
CNAS Launches Comprehensive Study on Philanthropy to the Military and Veteran CommunityBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Return of Diplomacy to Great Power Competition
On the surface, great power competition often seems driven by economic and military conflict, but diplomacy has always been central to great powers' engagement with the world....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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What’s Driving President Trump’s New Confidence in Ukraine’s War Effort
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Moldova Chooses Its Future with William Hill and Laura Thornton
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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The Return of Diplomacy to Great Power Competition
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Oct. 7 Anniversary: Israel Battles Optics, Isolation, and Mounting Death Toll as World Pushes Trump Deal
When Hamas launched the largest terrorist attack in Israel‘s history two years ago, killing 1,200 people, the world was collectively stunned and outraged. Israel had significa...
By Adham Sahloul
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Donald Trump’s Gaza Plan Skips Step One
By Delaney Soliday
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Analyzing Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan for Israel and Gaza
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Oct. 7 Anniversary: Israel Battles Optics, Isolation, and Mounting Death Toll as World Pushes Trump Deal
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China Flexes Rare Earth Leverage. What That Could Mean for Trump-Xi Meet.China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expec...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Why the Trump Administration’s 50 Percent Rule Is a Big Deal for Exports to China
By Emily Kilcrease
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Oil Prices Reliant on Chinese Demand
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Expert Dr. John Burke Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior FellowWashington, October 6, 2025—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. John Burke as an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Sec...
By Dr. John Burke
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Sea Drones Are Now Launching Unjammable Fiber-Optic DronesBy Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Microsoft Announcement Highlights Complicated Relationship Between Big Tech and WarBy Paul Scharre
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Rising Lion Shows the U.S. Needs More Allies Like IsraelSince first exposing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in 1994, Israel knew that it might need to take military action. Yet, June’s attack was only seven months in the making....
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually WorksBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration ActionsBy Carrie Cordero
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New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
Washington, June 26, 2025 – As international politics undergoes rapid transformation and great power competition intensifies, a new report from the Center for a New American S...
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Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: BrazilBy Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel
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New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
